Diary
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London Smog 1952
Cold weather and windless conditions, collected pollutants mostly from the burning of coal to form a thick layer of smog over the city. The worst air pollution event of the history of the United Kingdom, medical reports estimated that 4,000 had died prematurely and 100,000 more were made ill because of the smog’s effects on… Continue reading
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Lewis’s Birthday
We have had a lovely weekend in Swindon, it really cheered us up after our awful day on Friday. Lewis is four on Tuesday so we all went on a trip to Bowood were the kids had a fantastic time. The weather was perfect we couldn’t believe our luck. Happy Birthday Lewis and thanks Caples… Continue reading
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Oscar
Today we were told that the tumour in Oscars mouth had returned and that his prognosis was extremely poor. He was a lovely cat, sociable and very companionable. I will particularly miss the welcome he would give me when I came home from work which he continued to do until his final day. Miss you… Continue reading
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Gaggys Hut
K has been looking for a bolt hole in Norfolk and she’s found this place. Gaggys Hut, its very rustic, right on the beach and looks pretty cool only thing is it hasn’t got any electricity! Continue reading
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Mothers Day
Had the oldies over for lunch on Sunday. It was a lovely day. K cooked a huge yummy dinner, it was delicous but we felt so full we had to drag ourselves out for a bit of a walk afterwards. Continue reading
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Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Really like this new track by the Fleet Foxes. The new album is out next month. Continue reading
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Huh?
Emma woke me up at 5.30 this morning, fully dressed and saying “come on daddy its morning time” and it brought back to me this comment that you wrote Paul, shortly after Emma was born. You were so right!! Continue reading
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Nice Weekend
The Caples came to stay this weekend and the weather was actually quite nice so we hung out in the park on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday we went to the Discovery Centre at Great Notley. Download original image Download original image N.B I’ve included a link so you can download the full size piccies Continue reading
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How nice
To have some sunny days. I’m actually having my lunch in the garden! It’s also great to have lighter mornings. Rather than cycling to work in my little bubble of light I get to enjoy the Dawn and see what’s around me. Lurvely! Continue reading
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Let Me In
The story of a bullied 12-year-old Owen who develops a friendship with Abby, a 12 year old vampire. An American version of the Swedish “Let the right one in”. This is almost a shot to shot remake of the original and the only difference really is that this director has made a bit more of… Continue reading
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The Social Network
The story about the founding and the lawsuits of facebook. At Harvard in 2003, having been ditched by his girlfriend an angry Mark Zuckerberg creates a website called “Facemash” where students can compare how hot the students are. The site succeeds in getting a lot of traffic, upsetting a lot of sutdents and crashing Harvard’s… Continue reading
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London Street Photography
Would be fascinated to go and see this exhibition at the Musuem of London. Time out is featuring some of the images. Although they are a bit small… Continue reading
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Adjustment Bureau
What if your fate is preordained but then by pure chance something disrupts the path of your life and your fate is changed? Now that your fate is changed it becomes the task of the Adjustment bureau to readjust your life and get it back on track. What if that disruption to your life’s path… Continue reading
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The Boxer Rebellion
Came up to Northampton with Richard and Matt last night to see The Boxer Rebellion play at the Roadmender. It’s a tiny venue and the band were really good. We decided to go for a few beers afterwards it was ok but the whole town was full of very scantily clad teenage girls and we… Continue reading
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Poorly Oscar
On Thursday k spotted what she thought was a large ulcer in Oscars mouth. She took him to the vets to have it checked out. Turned out it was actually quite a large tumour. So poor old Oscar had to stay in and have it removed. Fortunately, the vet was able to remove it all… Continue reading
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Elbow
Went to see elbow at the Junction in Cambridge on Wednesday night. It was a fantastic gig, as usual Guy Garvey was on top form, chatting to the crowd and getting us all singing along. His ability to connect with the crowd always makes an Elbow gig a special occasion I received the new album this… Continue reading
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True Grit
No doubt you know the story- Mattie Ross hires Rooster Cogburn to hunt down her fathers murderer believing him to have “true grit”. Its been years since I’ve seen the original so I was able to watch it without comparing it. Its all quite enjoyable but I must admit I wasn’t exactly on the edge… Continue reading
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So Glad
To hear the laverys are all ok, we were so worried. The destruction to the city is horrendous – feel so sorry for everyone involved. Continue reading
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I love my boss (well, just a bit)
I’m chuffed because my rather lovely boss has authorised it for me to have 7 weeks off early next year to go on hols! Whoop whoop! Continue reading
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Adele – Someone Like You
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qemWRToNYJY[/tube] A fantastic performance at the Brits last night. Guaranteed to bring a lump to your throat. Continue reading
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Jamie is a God
Whipped up this Steak sandwich for tea along with cheesy mushrooms, garlic roasted potatoes and salad all from Jamie Olivers 30 minute meals. Yummy! Continue reading
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Ireland 22 – France 25
SUCH a tense game and such a shame for ireland. I’m off for a lie down! Continue reading
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Lovetub
Emma is at Nannas tonight and K and I had a “lovetub” for a treat. We were distraught when we realised that you need to put it in the microwave, we haven’t got one so K had to run up the road to Mel’s to nuke it. It was absolutely delicious! Continue reading
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